By Emily Dwyer On November 22, 2017, the AP students who received bronze through platinum awards on their AP exams were honored with a bagel breakfast. After a year of hard work along with late nights of homework, review, and stress, it is an important event to honor the sacrifices made by these impressive…
By Nicole Sullivan On the crisp, rainy morning of November 22, 2017, the most elite students of Centereach High School gathered for a celebratory breakfast. All students who had scored a 4 or 5 on an AP exam the previous year were invited to the library for a complementary bagel breakfast. There was quite a large turnout…
By Thomas Polochak, Tyler Sharma, Cristina Costantino This year, the varsity football team performed the best it every has in years, ending the regular season with a 7-1 record. In the first round of the playoffs Centereach faced off against Bay Shore and won 37-14. Centereach’s second round matchup was against the first place…
By: Kayla Gomez The Centereach High School volleyball marathon was held on Saturday November 18. There were 6 different teams: the orange team which was a team of teachers and the student teams which were pink, black, white, light blue, and dark green. All the different teams were able to go against each other…
Every year, the Music Faculty Recital takes place at the Newfield High School auditorium and raises money for scholarships. The event also provides an opportunity for teachers to demonstrate their adept musical abilities that have been refined over the years with dedication and practice. Our own music department took part in…
By: Shula Adelman and Kayla Gomez Tennis is an interesting sport because you cannot cheer out loud for your team but you can still support them, and even when you do not win you have the satisfaction of hitting a few good shots. After many wins and few losses this year, the Middle Country…
By Emily Bassett Dear future actors and actresses, Blocking. Set Construction. Line work. Lighting. Music and sound. All these processes are those which the the audience is aware of while watching and after seeing a production. What’s nearly impossible to see from the audience, however, is the bond formed between everyone involved in the…
By Mehek Ahmed On Wednesday November 15, 2017, Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism hosted its outstanding My Life As Speaker Series: A Conversation with Ted Koppel. This took place in the Staller Center For the Arts with a high viewer turnout. Ted Koppel is a prominent figure of worldwide, British and American journalism while…
By Tyler Sharma, Cristina Costantino, and Thomas Polochak The Centereach Cougars football team have done it again! The players showed lots of heart as we came back from a 6-7 deficit against Bay Shore from the middle of the 2nd quarter to a 21-14 scoreline by the end of the 1st half. However, it…
By Josephine Shea This field hockey season at Centereach has been a dynamic two months. This season the varsity and junior varsity teams not only had to adjust to new coaches, (Coaches Sandra Christen, Shawn Pleickhart, and Janine Bright), but were also moved up a division. Centereach played teams it has never played before and…
By Megan Rutigliano This Halloween, Centereach High School hosted its annual Trick or Treat Street event. Over 800 kids attended the event to trick or treat around the school. Each club decided on a theme to decorate their room with. In each room, there were fun activities for the kids to participate in…
By Frank DiCanio The day out on the grass with the Best Buddies club is one of sentiment and will not be forgotten. The small yet meaningful time allotted, truly allowed the bonding between the new members of Best Buddies and the buddies themselves. Everyone felt the wind in their hair and a soccer ball…
By Rachel Lichtenstein, Sophie Painter, Amanda Harrop, and Alexa Taverna After an exhilarating season ending in 7 wins and 5 losses, the varsity girls’ volleyball team made playoffs for the seventh time in the last eight years. On October 30, the team played in their own gym against Sachem North. At 5:00pm, the…